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A Dictionary of German Terms used in 

 Medicine. By George R. Cutter, M. 

 D., Surgeon of the New York Eye and 

 Ear Intirmary, Ophthalmic and Aural 

 Surgeon to the St. Catherine's and Wil- 

 liamsburg Hospitals, etc. New York : 

 G. P. Putnam's Sons. 

 The student of scientific works written 

 in foreign languages encounters many diffi- 

 culties in the technical terms. They are 

 not given in the ordinary dictionaries, or, if 

 they are, it is as common words with com- 

 mon meanings, and not with any view to 

 scientific correctness. The terms of Ger- 

 man science are formed by the composition 

 of native roots, and have no analogous 

 forms in the scientific terms of other lan- 

 guages, and thus frequently offer a double 

 difficulty. The meaning may be thought 

 out, but it is often with risk to accuracy. 

 In the absence of any German medical dic- 

 tionary corresponding to Dunglison's dic- 

 tionary. Dr. Cutter has been in the habit for 

 twenty years of writing down the technical 

 terms he met, and their definitions when 

 they could be ascertained. He now pub- 

 lishes the results of these labors in this 

 volume of three hundred double-columned 

 pages of words and their definitions. Its 

 value does not have to be proclaimed. 



Theology and Mythology. An Inquiry 

 into the Claims of Biblical Inspiration 

 and the Supernatural Element in Reli- 

 gion. By Alfred H. O'Donoghue. New 

 York: Charles P. Somerby. Pp. 194. 

 Price, $1. 



Theology and mythology in this work 

 are ranked together, and the writer main- 

 tains that they are both to be outgrown 

 with the progress of knowledge. His point 

 of view is thoroughly naturalistic ; but the 

 author protests that his book is written in 

 no spirit of hostility to the religious senti- 

 ment of mankind. It seeks to get rid of 

 manifest error, and is content with what 

 remains. 



Popular Romances of the Middle Ages. 

 By Sir George W. Cox and E. H. Jones. 

 First American from second English 

 edition. New York : Henry Holt & Co. 

 1880. Pp. 505. Price, $2.25. 



This is a book of old mediaeval legends 

 and stories, the authors of which nobody 

 knows anything about, and which have been 



revamped and thrown into the modern mar- 

 ket. It is claimed that there is consider- 

 able new matter about Arthur and his 

 Knights, and that the whole contents have 

 undergone revision so as to make them ac- 

 ceptable to the taste of the readers of these 

 times. The book contains the story of 

 Merlin, Sir Tristram, Roland, Bewulf, Guy 

 of Warwick, the Volsungs, and many others. 



The American Entomologist. An Illus- 

 trated Magazine of Practical and Popu- 

 lar Entomology. Edited by C. V. Riley 

 and A. S. Fuller, Washington, D. C. 

 Published by Max Jaegerhuber, 323 

 Pearl Street, New York. Vol. I., New 

 Series, No. 1. January, 1880. Pp. 24. 

 |2 a year in advance. 



Professor Riley begins with this num- 

 ber a new series of " The American Ento- 

 mologist." It will be, as it was before, 

 practical and popular, and devoted not to 

 entomology alone, but also to other branch- 

 es of science so far as they are collateral 

 or related to entomology. Arrangements 

 will be made for the publication of local 

 lists and purely descriptive matter as it 

 maybe furnished, without encroaching upon 

 the space devoted to matter of general in- 

 terest. 



The American Monthly Microscopical 

 Journal. Conducted by Romyn Hitch- 

 cock, F. R. M. S. Vol. I., No. 1. Janu- 

 ary, 1880. Pp. 20. $1 a year. 



This takes the place of the " American 

 Quarterly Microscopical Journal," and is in- 

 tended to be an authoritative and trustworthy 

 periodical for all persons interested in mi- 

 croscopy. Among the subjects which will 

 be treated of at an early date is the detec- 

 tion-of adulterations in food, and a transla- 

 tion of Eyferth's " Simplest Forms of Life," 

 by the editor, is promised. 



Economics of Industry. By Alfred and 

 Mary Paley Marshall. London: Mac- 

 millan&Co. 1879. Pp.228. Price, $1. 



This is an attempt to give in a concise 

 form the outline of the science of econom- 

 ics as laid down by Mr. Mill, and as im- 

 proved by writers since his time. It con- 

 sists of a consideration of the laws of the 

 production and distribution of wealth ; such 

 subjects as banking, foreign trade, and tax- 

 ation being reserved for a future volume. 



